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暧

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(of daylight) dim; obscure; clandestine; dubious

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
14
Radical
日 +10
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
曖
Common rank
#5,086
Unicode
U+66A7

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 暧 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

日 meaning “sun” + 爱 sound ( ài )

Components 日 爱

Words with 暧

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
暧昧关系 ài mèi guān xì shady relationship; affair; adulterous relationship
暧昧 ài mèi vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 爱 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
爱 sound part ài to love, to like, to be fond of; love, affection
嗳 ài interjection indicating regret
嫒 ài one's daughter (honorific)
瑷 ài fine jade